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sell on

sell on verb: to resell (goods or services).

Verb

sell on (third-person singular simple present sells on, present participle selling on, simple past and past participle sold on)

  1. (transitive) To resell (goods or services).
    • Rather than sell the company's products on commission they, like distributors, buy stock from head office and sell it on for profit.1994, Richard Welford, Kate Prescott, European business: an issue-based approach
  2. (transitive) To convince (a person) of something; used with on.
    • I was opposed to his ideas, but he sold me on them.
    • I have indeed been sold on renewable energy!

Forms of sell on

third-person singular presentsells on
present participleselling on
past participlesold on
pastsold on

Questions about sell on

What does sell on mean?
Sell on means to resell (goods or services).
What part of speech is sell on?
Sell on is a verb.
What is the past tense of sell on?
The past tense of sell on is sold on.

Words near sell on in the dictionary

  1. sell in May, then go away
  2. sell in May, then stay away
  3. sell like hot cakes
  4. sell my clothes, I'm going to heaven
  5. sell off
  6. sell on
  7. sell one's ass
  8. sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage
  9. sell one's body
  10. sell one's life dearly
  11. sell one's own grandmother

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